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Longing for Becky’s good hair, or hair and cultural occupation

May 23, 2017August 18, 2016 by Shay

Ever since dipping my toe briefly in the “mommy blog” waters a few years back and realizing it just wasn’t for me…plus things like increasingly bright spotlights on me as I became one of the “official” Black voices in Maine…I’ve begun to shy away from writing about my kids. But things eventually circle back on …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural

Who has our back? Or the lonely path of Black womanhood

May 23, 2017August 5, 2016 by Shay

I am tired and ready to lay my burdens down, yet I know that rest is a luxury not afforded to women like me. Black women. Women like me as a collective are asked to do more, be more, to give our all and extra…knowing that rarely are we rewarded in ways that are common …

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Categories Uncategorized Tags black womanhood

Say no to Trump and stand with Maine’s Somali community

May 23, 2017August 5, 2016 by Shay

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has not been having a good week. Then again, when one has reached the age of 70 without obtaining a filter, common sense or a shred of decency, and decides to run for the leader of the free world, the weeks might get a little rocky. After a week of …

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